[Miners Lettuce and Springbeauties: The Genus Claytonia in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora

Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora

Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora)

Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora) - Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora)

Narrow-leaved miner's lettuce as seen under rocks along a desert wash in Culp Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, several miles southwest of Borrego Springs, CA........March 29, 2011. Green miner's lettuce (Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis) was also found intermingled with this population.

Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora) - Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora)

Basal leaf of Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora)

Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora) - Narrow-leaved Miner's Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Utah Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata var. parviflora)

Narrow-leaved miner's lettuce observed along the trail near the creek in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......April 1, 2006.

Paul Slichter